The Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) is an international collaboration to improve the availability and reliability of data on

petroleum Petroleum, also known as crude oil, or simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations. The name ''petroleum'' covers both naturally occurring unprocessed crud ...

and

natural gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbo ...

. First named the "Joint Oil Data Exercise", the collaboration was launched in April 2001 with six

international organisation An international organization or international organisation (see spelling differences), also known as an intergovernmental organization or an international institution, is a stable set of norms and rules meant to govern the behavior of states an ...

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC ) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

(APEC), Statistical Office of the European Communities ( Eurostat), International Energy Agency (IEA), (OLADE), Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC), and

United Nations Statistics Division The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), formerly the United Nations Statistical Office, serves under the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) as the central mechanism within the Secretariat of the United Nations ...

(UNSD). In 2005, the effort was renamed JODI, joined by the

International Energy Forum The International Energy Forum (IEF) is an inter-governmental, non-profit international organisation which aims to foster greater mutual understanding and awareness of common energy interests among its members. Th71 Member Countriesof the Forum are ...

(IEF), and covered more than 90% of the global oil market. The

Gas Exporting Countries Forum The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) is an intergovernmental organization currently comprising 19 Member Countries of the world's leading natural gas producers: Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Iran, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Rus ...

(GECF) joined as an eighth partner in 2014, enabling JODI also to cover nearly 90% of the global market for natural gas.

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